Question

Grandma had the coin for as long as I can remember. Every time I went over to her house, she told me the story of the coin：

It was the day after the ship had ______ in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Poland on that ship. They came to______ for a new life in the United States, ______ from the poverty and war in their native land.

They were walking to their new ______ from their factory jobs when they saw a small glint (闪光) on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to ______ it more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother ______ it up and said，“This coin is a good omen, a ______ of good fortune to come.” They took the coin to their little apartment and ______ it to make it shine. The next day my grandmother got a(n) ______ job at a jewelry store.

As the years passed, my grandparents______good times and bad. My father and uncles were born, my grandfather was ______from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There, my grandparents finally found the good ______ my grandmother had ______.

When my grandfather died three years ago, my grandmother ______ in to live with my family. This is when she ______the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could ______ tell the story in my sleep, ______ still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of ______ on the coin. Last week she died. According to her ______， I got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that ______ the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.

1.A. sailed B. joined C. landed D. pulled

2.A. prepare B. ask C. apply D. search

3.A. absent B. fre C. tired D. independent

4.A. restaurant B. store C. apartment D. cottage

5.A. examine B. observe C. test D. touch

6.A. picked B. dug C. lifted D. fixed

7.A. moment B. message C. gift D. sign

8.A. packed B. cleaned C. repaired D. rebuilt

9.A. worse B. greater C. better D. easier

10.A. got over B. took up C. passed by D. went through

11.A. laid off B. laid down C. shut off D. broken down

12.A. wealth B. chance C. fortune D. situation

13.A. described B. planned C. experienced D. predicted

14.A. settled B. moved C. entered D. dropped

15.A. promised B. presente C. sent D. gave

16.A. hardly B. practically C. particularly D. usually

17.A. and B. so C. but D. however

18.A. keeping B. passing C. carrying D. holding

19.A. order B. dream C. explanation D. will

20.A. proved B. offered C. meant D. contributed

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